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(No Model.)

W. P. GEORGE.

PANORAMIO TOY.

No. 247,336. Patented Sept. 20,1881.

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' UNITED STATES- PATENT FFICE WVILLIAM F. GEORGE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

PANORAMIC TOY.

SPECIFICATION formng part of Letters Patent No. 2473336, dated September 20, 1881.

Application filed June 24, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concm:

Be it known that I, VVILLIAM F. GEORGE, of the city and county of New York, in the State ot' New York, have invented a certain i new and Improved Panoramio Toy, of which the following is a specification.

My ivention consists in the combination, in a panoramic toy, with the two rollers and a picture strip or band attached at its ends to said rollers,of a box or case which has an open' ing in its top, through which the said picture strip or band is visible, and which is divided through its sides and has bearings -for said rollers in the line of division formed in the meeting edges of the two parts of the box or ease. The two parts of the box or case are hinged together, and when opened the rollers may be lit'ted out of their bearings.

The invention also consists in the combinetion, with the above, off-iction-brakes applied to the rollers for retarding their rotation and' preventin g the picture strip or band from becoming slack between the rollers.

The invention also consists in the combination, with the box and rollers, of aboard orrest placed below the opening in the top of the box, and over which the picture strip or bandis earried, whereby said strip or band is supported and the liability of its being punetured is obviated, and an elastic strip attached to said board or rest and having its ends hearing 'upon the journals of said rollers to form brakes for retarding their motion.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l represents a perspective view ot' my improved toy with the box or case open,land Fig. 2 represents a sectional View thereof.

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in both figures.

A A designate a reetangular box or case, which may be made of' wood or other material, and is composed of two parts, hinged together at a, and provided with' a book, b, or other suitable catch for retaining the .two parts together.

B B designate two rollers, which may be of wood, and which earry a strip or band, G, of paper, cloth, or other material. The strip or band O has printed, pasted, or otherwise delineated upon it or attached to it the pictures which are to be exhibited, and Itherefore term it a picture strip or band. The said strip or e desi gnates bearings therefor,which are formed partly in each part A of the box at; the line of division, as clearly seen in Fig. 1. When the two paris of the box or case areheld together, as in Fig. 2,thejournals of the rollers are held securely in their bearings; but when the box or case is opened, as in Fig. 1, the rollers may be removed from their bearings, if desirable.

In the top of the box or case is an opening, A', and D desiguates cross bars or rods placed in proximity to the ends of said opening, and over which the picture strip or band is passed between the rollers.

The box is represented in Fig. 2 as provided in that part which contains the opening A' with a board or rest, E, secured to the sides of the said part ot' the box immediately below said opening. The strip or band C passes over this board or rest, and hence the liability of the said strip or band being punctured by a child,as it might otherwise be, is greatly less-- ened.

In lieu ot' the cross bars or rods D, the ends of the board or rest E might be rounded off where the strip or band passes over them.

The journals B' ot' the rollers B fit quite loosely in the bearings, and in order to prevent the strip or band U from beeoming slack or loose between the rollers 1 employ frietionbrakes for retardingthe rotation of the rollers.

In Fig. 1 I have shown plugs or blocksf, of rubber, secured in the bearings for the rollers; but in lieu of these I might employ a strip, F, of wood or metal, secured at about the middle of its length to the board or rest E, and having its endportions hearing upon the journals of the rollers B, as seen in Fig. 2.

By my invention I provide a very simple 'and cheap toy, which will afl'ord great amuse- IOO strip is attached at its ends to rollers which are contained within a box or case and have their journals fitting in bearings in the sides of said box or case; but I am not aware of any such toy in which the box or case is divided or composed of two approximately similar parts in the meeting` edges of which are formed bearings for the roiler-journals; and I am not aware of any such toy in which brakes areprovided for retardin g the motion of the rollers. By simply opening my box orcase thejournals of the rollers are uncovered, and the rollers, with the attached panoramic strip, can be lifted out, thus greatly faeilitating the attachment of a new panoramic strip. My Construction also provides for using a number ofpanoramic strips which have a roller or rollers permanently attached to them, in which case the panoramic strip maybe rolied upon one of said roilers when it is removed from theboxor case. I am also aware that it is old to provide a board or rest opposite the hole or opening in the box or case through which the pictures are viewed and over which the panoramic strip passes, and I therefore make no claim thereto except in combination with the elastic brake strip F.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is--' 1. The combination, with the picture strip or band O and the rollers B,of the box or case composed of the two parts A A, having bearings for the journals of said rollers formed in their meeting edges, substantially as specified.

2. The combination of the box or case composed of the two parts A A, hinged together, the rollers B, fitting in bearings formed in the meeting edges of the parts A A, the strip or 

